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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said on Friday that the Russian army had sped up its rate of advance in Ukraine and was taking control of 600-700 square km (502 square miles) a month compared to 300-400 square km at the start of the year. Belousov also said that Russia had inflicted significant…
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has moved to unilaterally cancel $4.9 billion in federal funding authorized by Congress, escalating the fight over who controls the nation’s spending. In a letter posted online late Thursday, Trump told House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson that he plans to withhold funding for 15 international programs,…
People hold posters of Ilan Weiss at the “International Rally – United We Bring Them Home” rally in Hostage Square on May 18th, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)(LONDON) — The bodies of two Israeli hostages — including Ilan Weiss who was killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by…
NAROWAL, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers raced to evacuate tens of thousands of stranded Pakistanis hit by floods earlier this week, while many were left with no food or medical supplies Friday as the government struggled to send help. The floods in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province began Monday when an abnormal amount of rain triggered sudden…
Published on: Aug 29, 2025 06:22 pm IST The arrests and subsequent remanding of the two former parliamentarians follows the August 22 arrest of former president Ranil Wickremesinghe. In continuation of the arrests of former parliamentarians on charges of corruption, two more political leaders in Sri Lanka were arrested after they surrendered at local courts…
Nvidia (NVDA 0.01%) shares fell roughly 2% following its fiscal 2026 second-quarter earnings release on Wednesday despite delivering revenue of $46.7 billion that beat guidance of $45 billion and issuing Q3 guidance of $54 billion. Wall Street’s muted reaction reflects unrealistic expectations for a company that has consistently outperformed. However, this pessimism creates an opportunity…
By Anshuman Tripathy and Aishwarya Jain (Reuters) -Caterpillar’s shares lost as much as 3% before the bell on Friday, a day after the heavy-equipment maker forecast higher tariff-related expenses for 2025, as companies scramble to assess the impact of shifting U.S. trade policy. Industrial machinery makers are facing higher costs and sluggish demand from U.S….
VIENNA (Reuters) -Former Austrian intelligence official Egisto Ott is facing a criminal case, accused of corruption and spying for Russia by supplying an encrypted laptop and leaking sensitive information for years, prosecutors said on Friday. Ott, who formerly worked for the now defunct Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (BVT), which…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday that Western proposals on security guarantees for Ukraine would increase the risk of conflict between Moscow and the West by turning Kyiv into a “strategic provocateur” on Russia’s borders. Ukraine’s European allies are working to put together a set of guarantees for Ukraine that could be part of a…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday will consider whether to block President Donald Trump temporarily from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while she pursues a lawsuit claiming Trump has no valid reason to remove her. The hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) before U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in…